I am considering a used Crupi Expert XL for my 10 year old son. He is kind of tall (from what I can tell) and most of it is in the torso. He is coming off of a junior with 18.25 inch top tube (which he looked pretty big on). I know the Crupi has about 20 inch TT but a short chainstay. He looks good on it, it feels slow to him but he looks at least as fast as he was on the junior if not faster, and more fluid in his pumping.

The only thing that is bothering me is that it seems like all the track dads (except for the guy who is selling it) thinks it looks big under him, but i know he isnt getting any shorter the next year or so. Im thinking about giving it a shot..... any words of advice?

Sounds good. 1 3/8th wheels I presume. Throw some 165 cranks on there if it don't already have those and have fun. Also, I guess it would depend on exactly how tall he really is.

Dino

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Thanks, the more i think about it, i cant go wrong, im getting into the bike about even with selling the old one.